Whitney Port's learned a lot from Kelly Cutrone over the years, but the single most important career lesson she's taken away from her? It takes thick skin to stay in the fashion biz. "[Y]ou just can’t be afraid to fail and you can’t always listen to someone else’s criticism, the City star told NYMag.com's Daily Intelligencer yesterday. "Design is so opinion-based," she added, explaining Cutrone told her to "be ready," cause "some people are going to hate it and knock [you] and don’t let it get you down."
And if anyone knows about being harsh, it's Kelly Cutrone. The opinionated People's Revolution front lady doesn't generally make a habit of sugarcoating her critiques. "There's moments when she's really motherly," Whitney said of Cutrone, though there are also moments when Whitney admitted she's "harsh" and just wants to "criticize."
Of course, for all her stern warnings, Kelly Cutrone may just be Whitney Port's biggest fan. On the new City trailer, the normally-stoic Cutrone is seen praising Whitney for her sketches and encouraging the budding designer to pursue her dreams.
"She's been really, really great. So I have no complaints," Whitney told MTV News last weekend. "She has to be strict because that's the way she gets her business done."
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